How to count in Abenaki (Wôbanakiôdwawôgan), an Eastern Algonquian language spoken in Quebec in Canada, and in Vermont in the USA.
The numbers from one to five have different forms when counting animate (A) and inanimate (InA) nouns.
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | pèsəkʷ, pazegwen (InA), pazego (InA) |
| 2 | nis, nisnol (InA), niswak (A) |
| 3 | nas, nhenol (InA), nhloak (A) |
| 4 | iaw, iawnol (InA), iawak (A) |
| 5 | pálenəskʷ, nonenol (InA), nonnenol (A) |
| 6 | nə̀kʷətαsw |
| 7 | tὰnawαs |
| 8 | nsὰsək |
| 9 | noli |
| 10 | mə̀tala |
Hear some Abenaki numbers:
Hear some Western Abenaki numbers (Some of these are different to the numbers above as they are probably in a different dialect of Abenaki)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki_language
http://westernabenaki.com/lessonindex.php
Information about Abenaki | Numbers
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